diff --git a/src/const.py.in b/src/const.py.in
index 0e24ee276..cf57c1eb6 100644
--- a/src/const.py.in
+++ b/src/const.py.in
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ else:
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PROGRAM_NAME   = "GRAMPS"
 VERSION        = "@VERSIONSTRING@"
-COPYRIGHT_MSG  = unicode("� 2001-2006 Donald N. Allingham", "iso-8859-1")
+COPYRIGHT_MSG  = unicode("© 2001-2006 Donald N. Allingham", "iso-8859-1")
 COMMENTS       = _("GRAMPS (Genealogical Research and Analysis "
                    "Management Programming System) is a personal "
                    "genealogy program.")
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ XMLFILE      = "data.gramps"
 
 # (longName, shortName, type , default, flags, descrip , argDescrip)
 POPT_TABLE = [
-    ("open",    'O', str, None, 0, "Open file",         "FILENAME"), 
+    ("open",    'O', str, None, 0, "Open family tree",  "FAMILY_TREE"), 
     ("import",  'i', str, None, 0, "Import file",       "FILENAME"), 
     ("output",  'o', str, None, 0, "Write file",        "FILENAME"), 
     ("format",  'f', str, None, 0, 'Specify format',    "FORMAT"), 
@@ -193,41 +193,39 @@ POPT_TABLE = [
 ]
 
 LONGOPTS = [
-    "load-modules=", 
-    "help", 
-    "usage", 
-    "oaf-ior-fd=", 
-    "oaf-activate-iid=", 
-    "oaf-private", 
+    "action=", 
+    "class=",
+    "debug=",
+    "display=",
     "disable-sound", 
-    "enable-sound", 
-    "espeaker=", 
-    "version", 
+    "disable-crash-dialog", 
+    "enable-sound",
+    "espeaker=",
+    "format=",
     "gdk-debug=", 
     "gdk-no-debug=", 
-    "display=", 
-    "screen=", 
-    "sync", 
-    "name=", 
-    "class=", 
     "gtk-debug=", 
     "gtk-no-debug=", 
-    "g-fatal-warnings", 
     "gtk-module=", 
+    "g-fatal-warnings",
+    "help",
+    "import=", 
+    "load-modules=",
+    "list" 
+    "name=",
+    "oaf-activate-iid=", 
+    "oaf-ior-fd=", 
+    "oaf-private",
+    "open=",
+    "options=",
+    "output=",
+    "screen=", 
     "sm-client-id=", 
     "sm-config-prefix=", 
-    "sm-disable", 
-    "disable-crash-dialog", 
-    "disable-sound", 
-    "enable-sound", 
-    "espeaker=", 
-    "open=", 
-    "import=", 
-    "output=", 
-    "format=", 
-    "action=", 
-    "options=", 
-    "debug=", 
+    "sm-disable",
+    "sync", 
+    "usage",  
+    "version", 
 ]
 
 SHORTOPTS = "O:i:o:f:a:p:d:?:l"